DAIRYING. WHEN HEIFERS SHOULD FRESHEN. Profit by Experiments. The age at which heifers shonid' freshen is a fertile .subject of discus-.? sion among dairy farmers ami sliirt mastcrs, there being adv-ii-ates of ! early breeding ami oi late, and many j who prefer a middle cuur.se v.iiic'i ' ;; gives the animal lime to mature, witli- j out, however, keeping In r so long that i' she shall have become tuo rosiiyj when shr romfs to nrofit. Si ill oinefi ! plan to have heifers calve rather. young, and then defer putting them to the bull tiie second time, so that the first period of lactation shall be. a long one. Those who follow this method generally contend that the first calving being early has tiie effect of preventing the development of the coarse, 'steery,' beefy appearance common among heifers that are bar ren until three years old, while tlie ^flloi. in +Ii*» .c/irdiiil r^M'imT pn^nlpc constitution to he developed and also encourages the habit of lengthy milk ing periods. National ...

A-;««M^jfl«^. ' BELGIUM'S PlilGST.,* TBAOrC TAUT OF WAE. The pitiful plight o£ the Belgian popn. lation, duo not only to lack o£ food nnd ill-treatment, 4ut- also to 'the entire absence of ' new' ^supplies' of clothes, ' is revealed, in alt His Aotror by repotls whicU have juBt reached England, from most ? of ' the largo ' towns of Flanders. Inspectors of the Commission; for Be lief in. Belgium have -visited tho. prin .i_«i -.n...nc mi tWfi larger villaces with the object of ascertaining the clotliing noeds of the population; and. the stories they tell reveal a state of affairs which is without doubt the most tragic in tho history of the war (writes Sir William Gooac, KJ1.E., ion. secretary of tho Belgian Belief Commission, in tho Lon don. 'Weekly Dispatch'). Belgium to-day is a nation of rags. . At Bruges, where there is a popula tion of 48,000, over 36,000 arc in urgent need of clothes. Blankenberghc, a small coast town of 500»-pc°plo, near Ostenn, contains 4000 tacn, women and: c...

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[?] ?^'Pf. .^pARD^OJBC^SI^H.;--!^, .' s\f the; raeetmgiiof^lie.^iggB'I'fS-: 'tares -^pM^gh|^«d|||jresterS6yi:: tlie .di'SirAiiui ^Vainep^tiiit .as ;. tht result of their JMh-ertisemetit ;for a rabbit iiispector, Mr/W. J.!-Hale had been askedtb present- .himself for an ?jiiterviejv wlrtiAhe Bo.^rd,ii, , .? v. . - A petirioA«*^-*(*sfente!J'from a .uuinber of ratepayers' praying that Hie appointment pf the inspector be deferred . until the meeting of the new Hoard, iii April. '~ ?Ditki:i6T, pbx-siii A ihat the jietitioi ivas^in:oriaer,^1Jut lie V thought that, many had 'signed it without- being aware of tlic full circumstances.. To reverse the action of the Board in re spect to -the proposed appointment jyou,ld be lolly. . ? -Director Fieldi said ' they ' should give the petition earnest attention. There might be 'an imputation, that ii was a personal matter and he asked that any action ie deferred until the' n«v 'Board mee(s. Director Gox: Do you think i it would be fair to Mr. Hale? ...